"NAWASA" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Nawasa [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} NAWASA
  1. (Philippines, historical) Acronym of National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical Alternative form of: National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority
    Sense id: en-NAWASA-en-name-ow~LjdyX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Philippine English, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 67 6 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 4 36

Proper name [Tagalog]

IPA: /naˈwasa/ [Standard-Tagalog], [n̪ɐˈwaː.sɐ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜈᜏᜐ [Baybayin], Nawasa [alternative]
Rhymes: -asa Etymology: Borrowed from English NAWASA. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|en|NAWASA}} Borrowed from English NAWASA Head templates: {{tl-proper noun|b=+}} NAWASA (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜏᜐ)
  1. (historical) Abbreviation of National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical Alternative form of: National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority
    Sense id: en-NAWASA-tl-name-efFaoQEi
  2. (historical, metonymic, Standard Tagalog) water supply system, particularly during the Marcos regime Tags: Standard-Tagalog, historical
    Sense id: en-NAWASA-tl-name-QZNe8ta4 Categories (other): Tagalog metonyms, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 19 81 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 34 66 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 18 82

Alternative forms

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